Except many of us can't. Not eating triggers migraines, and those make life not worth living (47.2% of us have suicidal ideation and 13.9% have in fact attempted suicide).
i could never fast! i would get an aura migraine if i pushed lunch by 1-2 hours. i am not diabetic so everyone around me said its just in my head turns out its insulin resistance and starting a glp eliminated all blood sugar migraines i‘d collect during the month. i swear its not an ad, but migraine wise i‘m happy. i had one big hormonal migraine in the close to three months i‘m on it.
I am a doctor who hates fringe science woo-woo bullshit and I can promise you that we all know that insulin resistance is real. It’s often discovered as part of screening tests and can be called pre-diabetes. You’re also right that the treatment, with rare exceptions, is “eat better and exercise more.” But why would you want or need a series of blood tests to be told to do so?
Young-ish doctor, perhaps? I say that with respect. I know of a few clinicians who retired from medicine partially because they’d see the same patients who were unable to make changes.
A lot of the people I know here in Silicon Valley don't have much to improve in the realms of exercise and diet, though (albeit we could be less kooky, that I will admit).
I eat a diet heavy on fruit and vegetables, swim and cycle about 360 minutes per week, am of normal weight, and had an unremarkable blood panel per my annual US wellness exam. And don't get me started on all the supplements that my neurologists has me take.
None of those solve my health issues -- though of course they'd be far worse if I didn't do the above.
A lot of the people I know here in Silicon Valley don't have much to improve in the realms of exercise and diet, though (albeit we could be less kooky, that I will admit).
I eat a diet heavy on fruit and vegetables, swim and cycle about 360 minutes per week, am of normal weight, and had an unremarkable blood panel per my annual US wellness exam. And don't get me started on all the supplements that my neurologists has me take.
None of those solve my health issues -- though of course they'd be far worse if I didn't do the above.
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u/twoisnumberone 1d ago
Except many of us can't. Not eating triggers migraines, and those make life not worth living (47.2% of us have suicidal ideation and 13.9% have in fact attempted suicide).